Saddle-pad



I plain or nnpadded.

, UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICEo ANDREAS MLLER, ORHOMESTEAD,PENNSYLVANIA.

SADDLE-PAD.

SPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,706, dated October26,1886. Application filed January 30, 1886. Serial N10. 190,341. (Nomodel.)

To allllwwm t may concern:

Be it known that I', ANDREAS MLLER, of Homestead, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Unde1Sad dles, of which the following is aspecication.

The object of this invention is to provide an.

under-sadd1e for cart-harness, riding-saddles, and other purposes, bywhich the back ofthe horse is protected against chang, as the strain isremoved to some extent from the spine and transferred to the sides ofthe body..

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lrepresents a side elevation of myimproved nnder-saddle for harness and riding saddles, and 2,a verticaltransverse section on lineas x,

Referring to the drawings, A represents an under saddle forcart-harness, riding-saddles, 85e., which under-saddle is made of twolayers of canvas or other suitable material, having two padded end ribs,b b, and two separate series of padded ribs, a q., extending between theend ribs, b b, on opposite sides of the Saddle. The intermediate ormiddle portion of the saddle A, which extends between the separateseries of cylindrical ribs a, is

The endA ribs, b' b, together with the 'lower ribs,`a a, constitute apadded border all around the: saddle. The border ribs, a b, arepreferably re-enforced by an exterior layer of leather or other suitablematerial. The lowermost side ribs, a, of the saddle A are provided withguidestraps d d, through which the straps for the supportingloops ofthecart-shafts are passed. When the harncsssaddle is used as anunder-saddle for a riding-saddle, the belly-strap ofthe 'ridingsaddle ispassed through said Strap, so as to retain thereby'the under-saddle inposition.

In place of the guide-straps d d, short'leather straps e, with knottedends c', may be used, by which the under-saddle is connected to slittedStraps of the cart-yoke or riding-saddle, as the case may be, so as tobe prevented from shifting its position. The under-saddle has theadvantage that no pressure is exerted on the spine of the horse, butmainlyon the sides of the horse, which are protected against @hating orother injury by padded ribs of' the undersaddle. The under-saddle canalso be used for the harness of plows, agricultural machines, and thelike.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A saddle-pad having two padded end ribs and twoseparate series of padded ribs eXtend ing between the end ribs onopposite sides of the saddle, and a plain or unpadded portion betweenthe separates'eries of cylindrical ribs, said pad being provided withshort straps e, provided with knotted ends e', Substantially asdescribed. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed mynamein presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREAS MULLER. XVitnesses:

N. SCHWARTZ, A. LQUERK.

